Fiona Hill - The Brookings Institution

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It's been a pleasure to serve in government, and a pleasure to work with such an excellent prime minister. I have no doubt at all that Theresa May will continue to serve and work hard as prime minister – and do it brilliantly.feedback

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In this page, you will find a list of 10 quotes from Fiona Hill, from different articles. We analyzed 7 articles in which Fiona Hill has been quoted in topics like Putin and diplomacy. Fiona Hill’s most recent quote is: “Well, he just did. So there!”. To see more examples Fiona Hill’s views and opinions, check out the section below.

Quotes by Fiona Hill

It wants to have a veto, just like the United States has in its view, on international treaties and various issues. … I think it will come down to what it's always been–where the Russians will get all giddy with expectations, and then they'll be dashed, like, five minutes into the relationship because the U.S. and Russia just have a very hard time … being on the same page.feedback

As he can fully trust only himself, Putin applies extortionary methods to everyone else – basically mutually assured incrimination to ensure loyalty. The Outsider is pragmatic. He has no vested interests in policies or in ideologies. In a system so burdened by ideology, only an outsider could clearly see the flaws of the system.feedback

Money is ever-present in the system, but it is not money that guarantees loyalty or holds the top level together. Instead, it is the fact that the money derives from activity that is or could be found to be illegal. Participants in the system are not bought off in the classic sense of that term. They are compromised; they are made vulnerable to threats. . . . Corrupt, even illegal, activity will be kept secret as long as the individual continues to play the game.feedback

I think it will come down to what it's always been – where the Russians will get all giddy with expectations, and then they'll be dashed, like, five minutes into the relationship because the U.S. and Russia just have a very hard time . . . being on the same page. We're going to have an awful lot of friction. And Trump isn't exactly the most diplomatic of people. So I imagine he'll fall out with his new friend Vladimir pretty quickly.feedback

The main questions on the US side have so far been on the security front. On the idea of what's going to happen on the nuclear deterrent because obviously the US has a large vested interest in the nuclear submarine capacity.feedback

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